Sotheby’s and The Walt Disney Company conclude the celebration of Mickey

Mouse’s 75th anniversary with an auction of 75 statues of Mickey - which have

toured the country since Mickey’s 75th birthday on November 18, 2003.

1927:

European Disney Comics legend Romano Scarpa is born in Venice, Italy. As a

youngster he developed a particular love for American cartoons and Disney comics - including classic Floyd Gottfredson stories. In 1956 when Italian editors ran out of new Gottfredson stories to reprint, Scarpa was given

the responsibility to continue the stories about Mickey Mouse. During his career, Scarpa created many Disney characters that are now widely accepted - including Brigitta McBridge (Scrooge McDuck's self-appointed

The Journey of Natty Gann. Set in 1935, the movie tells the story of a young woman, Natty Gann

(played by Meredith Dawn Salenger - her first starring role) who embarks on a cross-country journey to find her father. The first American movie ever to win the Gold Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival, The

Journey of Natty Gann also features John Cusack, Ray Wise, Lainie Kazan, and Scatman Crothers

(who in 1970 voiced one of the cats in Disney's The Aristocats).

Two years later the film will air on The Wonderful World of Disney.

2009:

John Blackstone of CBS Sunday Morning News joins Diane Disney Miller to take